Water-soluble dyestuffs and process for preparing them



United States Patent 4 Claims. oi. za -314.5

The present invention provides Water-soluble dyestuffs and a process forpreparing them; more particularly, it

provides water-soluble dyestuffs of the general Formula 1 F F xat tmA-B- in which A represents the radical of a dyestuff molecule of anyorganic dyestuff class, B represents R R each represent hydrogen orchlorine atoms or carboxylic acid groups, cyano groups, nitro groups,sulfonic acid groups or the groupings R, OR', COOR"', -SO NRR", -SO R'or CONR'R", and the two substituents R together may represent doublebond between the carbon atoms C and C R and R" each herein representhydrogen atoms or alkyl or aryl groups, R' represents an alkyl or arylgroup, X represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, preferably a fluorine orchlorine atom, and n represents an integer from 1 to 5.

Now, we have found that valuable water-soluble dyestuffs of the aboveFormula 1 can be prepared by reacting 1 mol of a dyestuff of the generalformula AZ in which A has the meaning given above, m represents aninteger from 1 to 5, and Z represents an amino group, with 1 to 5 molsof a compound of the general Formula 2 in which R R and X have themeanings given above and B represents one of the groupings CO-Halogen,SO -Halogen, CH CH SO Halogen,

and -CHR'CHR"COHalogen, at temperatures in the range of from about 0 toabout 80 0, preferably in the range of from about C. to about 30 C., inan aqueous, aqueous-organic or purely organic medium, in a pH-range offrom about 6.5 to about 10', in the presence of an acid binding agent.

As dyestuffs there may be used, for example, monoazo dyestuffs, disazodyestuffs, trisazo dyestuffs, diphenylmethane dyestuffs,triphenylmethane dyestuffs, anthraquinone dyestuffs, phthalocyaninedyestuffs, nitro dyestuffs, acridone dyestuffs, oxazine dyestuffs,dioxazi-ne dyestuffs, indigoid or thioindigoid dyestuffs, derivatives ofperylenetetracarboxylic acid, thiazole dyestuffs, acridine dyestuffs.

As reaction components of the above indicated Formula 2, there may beused, for example, the following compounds:2,2,3,3,-tetraflnorocyclobutanic acid chloride-1,2-chloro-2,3,3-trifluorocyclobutanic acid chloride-1, 3-

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(2,2,3',3'-tetrafiuorocyelobutyl)-acrylic acid chloride, 3-(2'-chloro-2,3',3'-trifluorocyclobutyl)-acrylic acid chloride,3-(4-methyl-2-chloro-2',3',3-trifluorocyclobutyl)- acrylic acidchloride, 2-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluorocyclobutyl)- ethane sulfochloride. Thecompounds of the general Formula 2 which are to be used for the reactionof the present invention, may be prepared according to the methoddescribed in Houben-Weyl, volume 5/3, page 260.

When the reaction is carried in an aqueous or aqueousorganic medium, itis suitable to use hydroxides, carbonates or hydrogen carbonates of themetals of the first to third group of the Periodic System as acidbinding agents. When the reaction is carried out in an organic system,tertiary organic bases such, for example, as dimcthyl aniline, pyridineor picoline, are preferably used as acid binding agents.

The reaction according to the present invention may also be carried outat a temperature above or below the indicated temperature range;however, if the reaction is carried out at lower temperatures, thereaction times are correspondingly longer, and if the reaction iscarried out at higher temperatures, the yields are smaller. The optimumtemperature to be used in each individual case must be adapted to thereaction components used.

The dyestuffs obtainable by the process of the present invention give oncellulose fibers and protein fibers dyeings and prints that have goodfastness to wet processing.

Dyeing is carried out in an alkaline medium, preferably in the pH-rangeof between 8 and 11, at temperatures of between about 20 C. and about140 C., preferably at temperatures of between about 40 C. and about 105C.

The following examples illustrate the invention, but they are notintended to limit it thereto:

Example 1 56.1 parts by weight of l-ace=tamino-4-amino-6-sulfonicacid-7-azobenzene-8-hydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid wereadjusted to pH 8 by means of binormal sodium carbonate solution. 19.05parts by weight of 2,2,3,3-tetrafiuorocyclobutanic acid chloride-1,dissolved in 25 parts by volume of acetone, were then added dropwise. Atthe same time, a solution of 6 parts by weight of sodium carbonate and20 parts by volume of Water was added dropwise in such a manner that apH-value of 7.58 was maintained. The whole batch was then brought to pH4 by means of concentrated hydrochloric acid and then stirred for 45minutes. After salting out with sodium chloride, there were obtained 70parts by weight of the dyestuff of the formula I orn-dH-G ONIIQN=N- sornnois soar When the sodium carbonate solution was replaced by a solutionof 4 parts by weight of sodium hydroxide in 50 parts by volume of waterand the above mentioned pH-value was maintained with this solution, thesame result as above was obtained.

2 g. of a cotton fabric were introduced into 10 ml. of a solution of 2parts by weight of the above dyestuff in parts by weight of water. 10ml. of a binormal sodium carbonate solution were added. The whole wasthen heated for some minutes on the steam bath and then boiled twicewith each time 20 ml. of water and one with 20 ml. of a 2 percent byweight aqueous solution of a synthetic detergent, each time for 5minutes.

A violet tinged red dyeing having an excellent fastness to wetprocessing was obtained.

Example 2 adjusted to pH 7.5 by means of a sodium carbonate solution. Tothis solution were then added 19.05 parts by weight of2,2,3,3-tetrafluorocyclobutane carboxylic acid chloride, dropwise and at25 C. At the same time a solution of 6 parts by weight of sodiumcarbonate in 20 parts by weight of water was then dropwise added in sucha manner that the pH-value of 8 was not surpassed. There was obtainedthe dyestuif of the formula By reacting 56.1 parts by weight of1-acetamino-4'- amino-6-sulfonicacid-7-azobenzene-8-hydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid with 22.6pants by weight of 1- chloro-2,2,3,3-tetrafluorocyclobutane-carboxylicacid chloride-1 under the reaction conditions described in Example 1,there was obtained the dyestuff of the formula CF CF I S0 11 P I e rWhen the sodium carbonate solution was replaced (com- 15 pare in thisrespect Example 1) by a solution of 10 pants by weight of sodiumbicarbonate in 200 parts b volume Th dyestuff gave n cotton a f yellowshade mg SOBH of water, the same result was obtained. very good fastnessto wet processing.

Example 3 Example 7 By reacting 56.1 parts by weight of 1-acetamino-4'-48.8 parts by weight of l-amino-4-(4'-amino)-phenylamino-6'-sulfonicacid-7-azobenzene-S-hydroxy-naphthaamino-anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonicacid were reacted at lene-3,6-disulfonic acid with 21.65 parts by weightof 15 C., While maintaining a pH-range of 6.5-7.5, with3-(2,2,3',3atetracyclobutyl)-acrylic acid chloride under 19.05 parts byWeight of 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-cyclobutanic the reaction conditionsdescribed in Example 1, there was acid chloride-1, while simultaneouslyadding a solution of obtained the dyestufi of the formula 4 parts byWeight of sodium hydroxide in 80 parts by OH NH-oo-Om CFg-CFg I HHCH=OHG ONH N=N OaH H035 803E Example 4 volume of water. There wasobtained the dyestufi of the formula By reacting 56.1 parts by weight of1-acetamino-4'- H, 0 amino-6-sulfonicacid-7-azobenzene-8-hydroxy-naphtha- I H lene-3,6-disulfonic acid with26.5 parts by weight of 4- Hols phenyl 2,2,3,3tetrafluoro-cyclobutane-carboxylic acid I I SOaH chloride under thereaction conditions described in Ex- I Y ample 1, there was obtained thedyestufi of the formula CHz(i)HC O-NH-Q-NH o CFTCF, OH IfH-co-GHQ-JJH-H-C oNH--N=N $0 K H0 8 so H Example 5 The dyestutf gave on cottona clear greenish blue shade By reacting 56.1 parts by weight of1-acetamino-4'- having very good fastness to Wet processmg amino 6sulfonic acid 7 azobenzene 8 hydroxy- Example 8 3,6-disulfonic acid with20.7 parts by weight of 2-chloro- 2,3,3-trifluorocyclobutanic acidchloride-1 under the re Binofmal Sodium hydl'oXide Solution ad to .8action conditions described in Example 1, there was ob- Parts y Weightof the aminOaZO compound Obtained y mined th d tutf of th f m l couplingdiazotized 4-nitro-4'-amino-stilbene-2,2-disul- F F fonic acid withN-methylaniline, until a pH-value of 8 & 1 OH N11COCH was reached. Thewhole was then heated to 40 to 45 I C. and 21.7 parts by weight of3-(2',2,3',3'-tetrafiuo- :Hi- H-CO-NH N=N rocyclobutyl)-acrylic acidchloride, diluted with 50 parts by volume of acetone, were addeddropwise. The pH- soaH Ho s S0311 value of 7.5-8 was maintained by thesimultaneous adxam [8 6 dition of binormal sodium hydroxide solution.The p Whole was acidified with acetic acid to pH 5 and salted 1 solutionof 42.1 parts by weight of 2'-methyl-4- out as usual with sodiumchloride. There was obtainedam1no-2-azobenzene-naphthalene-4,8-disulfonic acid was the dyestuif ofthe formula CFr-CF:

which, when applied to a cotton fabric at 80 C. from a long bath, whileusing trisodium phosphate as the alkaline agent, gave a yellow shadehaving excellent fastness to wet processing.

Example 9 A solution of 45.3 parts by weight of the aminoazo compoundobtained by coupling of diazotized 3-acetamino-1-aminobenzene-6-sulfonicacid with 1-(4'-sulfophenyl)-5-pyrazolone-3-carboxylic acid andhydrolysis of the acetyl compound in aqueous solution by means of asodium hydroxide solution, was adjusted to pH 8. 22.5

parts by weight of 1-chloro-2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-cyclobutane-carboxylicacid chloride-1 in 50 parts by volume of acetone were added.Simultaneously, a pH-value of 7.5 to 8 was maintained by dropwiseaddition of an aqueous binormal sodium carbonate solution. The whole wasthen acidified to pH 5 by means of a small amount of glacial acetic acidand the dyestuff of the formula fonic acid under known conditions, with18.9 parts by weight of 2,2,3,3 tetrafluorocyclobutene 4 carboxylic acidchloride-1 under the reaction conditions described in Example 9, therewas obtained the dyestuff of the formula which gave on cellulosematerials a red dyeing having good fastness to wet processing.

When cotton fabric was printed with a neutral printing colour and thedyestufi was thermo-set by a short passage of the printed fabric througha hot, alkaline, salt-containing bath, there was obtained a red printthat showed good fastness to wet processing.

Example 12 47.5 parts by weight of the disazo dyestuff prepared bycoupling diazotized 4-amino-1,1-azobenzene-3,4'-disulfonic acid with3-1nethyl-1-aminobenzene, were reacted under the reaction conditionsdescribed in Example 1 with 22.1 parts by weight of1-methyl-2,2,3,3-tetrafiuoro cyclobutane carboxylic acid chloride-1.There was obtained the dyestuif of the formula was precipitated by meansof 100 parts by volume of a saturated sodium chloride solution. Thedyestuff, when applied in an alkaline bath to cotton, gave a reddishshade having very good fastness to wet processing.

When a cotton fabric was printed, using sodium bicarbonate as thealkaline agent, there was obtained, after thermo-setting in acontinuously operating steamer and after processing according to themethods usual for reactive dyestuffs, a reddish yellow print having verygood fastness to wet processing.

Example 10 By acylating 42.3 parts by weight of the aminoazo compoundobtained by coupling diazotized l-aminobenzene-Z-sulfonic acid with2-amino- 5-hydroxynaphthalene- 7-sulfonic acid, with 24.15 parts byweight of 1,2-dichloro- 2,3,3,-trifluorocyclobutane-carboxylic acidchloride-1, under the reaction conditions described in Example 1, therewas obtained the dyestuff of the formula Example 11 By reacting 43.7parts by weight of the aminoazo compound, prepared by couplingdiazotized aniline with 1 methylamino 8 hydroxynaphthalene 3,6,disulwhich when applied to cotton in an alkaline bath gave yellow brownshades that showed good fastness to wet processing.

When a staple fibre fabric was printed with a printing paste containingsodium hydroxide as the alkaline agent, there was obtained, afterthermo-setting, a yellow brown print that exhibited very good fastnessto wet processing.

Example 13 By reacting 48.8 parts by weight of 1-amino-4-(3'-amino-phenylamin-o) anthraquinone 2,4 disulfonic acid with 22.7 parts byweight of 2,2,3,3-tetrafluorocyclobutane-sulfonic acid chloride-1 underthe conditions described in Example 9, there was obtained the dyestuffof the formula 0 NH: H l

\ son:

ll l 0 NH so n CFrCFg which when applied to cotton under the conditionsdescribed in Example 1, gave blue shades that had excellent fastness towet processing.

When the dyestuff was printed on a linen fabric in the presence ofsodium carbonate and the dyestuif was thermo-set by steaming in acontinuously operating steamer, there was obtained a blue print havingvery good fastness to wet processing.

Example 14 76.3 parts by weight of [Cu-phthalocyanine-(4'-sulfo-3'-aminosulfonic acid anilide)-trisulfonic acid], prepared by thereaction of a tertiary organic base and a mixture 7 8 ofCu-phthalocyanine-tetrasulfochloride and the sodium tion, there wereplaced 10 parts by weight of cotton fabsalt of1,2-diamino-benzene-4-sulfonic acid in aqueous ric and, after theaddition of 5 parts by weight of a sosuspension (French Patent 181,249,Example 6), were dium hydroxide solution having a strength of 10% byacylated with 21.7 parts by weight of 3-(2',2,3',3'-tetraweight, thefabric was kept in motion for about 30 minfluorocyclobutyl)-acrylic acidchloride, at a temperature 5 utes. After the introduction of air at 80to 100 C. or

in the range of 10 and 25 C. and at a pH-value of beby the addition of adilute solution of an oxidizing agent tween 6.5 and 7.5. This pH-rangewas maintained by such as sodium perborate or hydrogen peroxide, thecotthe dropwise addition of a solution of 10 parts by weight ton wasdyed a reddish blue shade exhibiting excellent of trisodium phosphate in100 parts by volume of water. fastness to wet processing. After saltingout with a sodium chloride solution having 10 Instead of the alkaliesused in the preparation of the a strength of 25% by weight, there wasobtained a dyedyestufl? and in dyeing, there may also be used otherstuff which, in the form of the free acid, corresponded agents that havean alkaline action, for example, sodium to the formula bicarbonate,sodium carbonate, soda lye, tertiary sodium [Cu-phthalocyanine-(SO;H)S0z-NH S0 11 CF3G F, NHCOOH=CH( JH Hi When applied from an alkaline bathaccording to a two phosphate, and instead of sodium dithionite, theremay bath padding steaming process, the dyestuif gave on naalso be usedother reducing agents usual in vat dyeing. tive and regeneratedcellulose materials greenish blue The dyeing temperature, too, can bevaried to a large shades that showed very good fastness to wetprocessing. extent.

Further dyestuffs which may be prepared in a manner Example 16 analogousto that described above are indicated in the 29 parts by weight of4-amino-anthraquinone-4'-t ifollowing table.fiuoromethyl-2,1-(N)-1,2'-(N)-benzeneacridone were re- Tl t 1thDyestllfi celhi lose dyeing SOgH CF:CF| [Cu-phthal0cyan1ne S OsH)a]-NH-NH-C O CH=CHCH-OH;

\ Blue.

[Ni-phtha1ocyanine S O aH)a]-NH S 0 311 Green. OF:CF:

NH-COCH=CHOHCH:

SOaH

CF1-CF, [Ni-phthaloeyanine S 03H)3]NH N H-C O-CH=CH-CHCH; Do.

Example 15 acted under the conditions described in Example 15 with 36.4parts by weight of the compound of the formula Parts by Weight ofZ-ChIOIO-Z,3,34rifi110r0cyc10b11- prepared in known manner by thereaction of 1,4-ditane carboxylic acid chloride-1 and then precipitated.aminobenzene-Z-sulfonic acid with perylenetetracarbox- Th was b i hdyestuff f the f l ylic acid anhydride at 180 C. in quinoline, weresuspended in 500 parts by volume of water; a saturated aqueous solutionof 110 parts by weight of sodium dithionite (Na S O -2H O) was added andthe whole was adjusted to pH 7.5 by means of binormal sodium carbonatesolution under an atmosphere of nitrogen. Then, 19.05 parts by weight of2,2,3,3-tetrafiuorocyclobutane carboxylic acid chloride-1 and,simultaneously, further binormal HN J:

sodium carbonate solution were dropwise added in such II I a manner thata pH-value of 7.5 to 8 was maintained. The whole was then acidified topH 2 and upon passing 1 through air at elevated temperature or by theaddition of an aqueous solution of an oxidizing agent such, for Yexample, as hydrogen peroxide, there was obtained a precipitate whichwas the dyestutf of the formula SO H 00 CO S0 11 (JIM-CF; cry-0F,crn-on-o O--NH N\ N-Q-NH-C o-orrorr,

oo o 0 One part by weight of this dyestufi was dissolved in a which whenapplied to cotton according to the dyeing solution of 2.5 parts byweight of sodium dithionite in method described in Example 15 gave blueshades having 1000 parts by volume of water. Into this red violetsoluvery good fastness to wet processing.

Example 17 43 parts by weight of a-aminonaphthothioxanthenesulfonic acidof the formula prepared by the reaction of o-mercaptobenzoic acid withl-aminonaphthalene in sulfuric acid having a density of 1.84 (FrenchPatent 974,872, Example 7), were adjusted to pH 7.5 by means of binormalsodium carbonate solution and acylated by the dropwise addition of asolution of 21.8 parts by weight of2,2,3,3-tetrafiuoro-4,4-dimethylcyclobutane carboxylic acid chloride-1,dissolved in 50 parts by volume of acetone. By simultaneously adding asolution of 4 parts by weight of sodium hydroxide in 50 parts by volumeof water, the pH-range of 7.5 to 8 was maintained. After acidificationwith glacial acetic acid to pH 4, there was obtained by salting out withsodium chloride the dyestulf of the formula which when applied tocellulose materials from an alkaline bath gave khaki brown shades havinggood fastness to wet processing.

Example 18 A solution of 46.7 parts by weight of the disodium salt of anaminoazo compound obtained by coupling diazotized1-amino-benzene-Z-sulfonic acid withZ-amino-S-hydroxynaphthalene-6-sulfonic acid, was adjusted to pH 7.5.Then, there were added dropwise 2 6.3 parts by weight of4-isobutyl-2-chloro-2,3,3-trifluorocyclobutanecarboxylic acid chloride,dissolved in 100 parts by volume of dioxane and, simultaneously,binormal sodium hydroxide solution in such a manner that a pH-value of 7to 8 was maintained. At the end of the dropwise addition the addition ofsodium hydroxide solution was somewhat reduced so that a final pH-valueof 6.5 was obtained. A solution of 11.4 parts by weight of disodiumphosphate and 7.3 parts by weight of monopotassium phosphate in 100parts by volume of water was added and furthermore, for each 100 partsby volume of reaction solution 10 parts by weight of sodium chloridewere added. The dyestulf which in the form of the free acid correspondedto the formula Hogswas then filtered oil.

10 Applied to cotton from an alkaline earth bath at 50 C., the dyestuffgave reddish orange dyeings having good fastness to wet processing.

Example 19 37.6 parts by weight of the aminoazo compound prepared bycoupling diazotized 4-nitro-l-aminobenzene-Z- sulfonic acid withacetoacetic acid anilide-3-sulfonic acid and subsequent reduction of thenitro group to an amino group with sodium sulfide in aqueous solution,were acylated in a pH-range of 6.5 and 7.5 at a temperature of 10 to 20C. with 21.7 parts by weight of 2,3,3-trifiuorocyclobutane-carboxylicacid bromide, dissolved in 50 parts by volume of diethylene glycoldimethyl ether. The pH- range was maintained by the dropwise addition ofan aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide having a strength of 10% byweight. After salting out with 15 parts by weight of sodium chloride foreach 100 parts by volume of reaction solution, there was obtained thedyestutf of the formula which when applied to fibers from regeneratedcellulose in an alkaline bath gave a greenish yellow shade having goodfastness to wet processing.

Example 20 48.9 parts by weight ofl-amino-4-(3'-aminophenylamino)-anthraquinone-2,4-disulfonic acid(prepared by the reaction of 1-amino-4-bromoauthraquinone-Z-sulfonicacid with 1,3-diaminobenzene-4-sulfonic acid in an aqueous-bicarbonatealkaline medium) were adjusted to pH 8 by means of binormal sodiumcarbonate solution. Then, there were added dropwise, at 6070 C., 21.7parts by weight of 3-(2',2',3',3'-tetrafluorocyclobutyl)- acrylic acidchloride, dissolved in 50 parts by volume of acetone, and,simultaneously, the above mentioned binormal sodium carbonate solutionin such a manner, that a pH-value of 7 to 7.5 was maintained. At the endof the addition, the pH-value was kept at 6.5, and after cooling, 20parts by weight of sodium chloride for each 100 parts by volume ofsolution were added to precipitate the dyestuff which in the form of thefree acid corresponded to the formula When applied to cellulose fibersaccording to the exhaust process from a bath rendered alkaline bybicarbonate at 70 to C., the dyestuff gavebrilliant blue shades havingexcellent fastness to washing.

1 1 The following table lists further dyestuffs which were prepared in amanner analogous to that described in the above example:

potassium phosphate in 100 parts by volume of water was added andfinally 15 parts by weight of sodium chloride for each 100 parts byvolume of reaction solution were Example 21 58.8 parts by weight of thetrisodium salt of the aminoazo compound, obtained by coupling diazotizedlacetamino-4-aminobenzene-3-sulfonic acid with 1-(4-sulfopheny-l)-5-pyrazolone-3-carboxylic acid and subsequent hydrolysisof the acetyl group by means of sodium hydroxide solution in aqueoussolution, were dissolved in water and, at 3545 C., 21.7 parts by weightof 3-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluorocyclobutyl)-acrylic acid chloride, dissolved in50 ml. of acetone, were dropwise added. By the simultaneous addition ofan aqueous ammonia solution having a density of 0.96, the pH-value waskept at between 6.5 and 7.5. By the end of the reaction, the addition ofammonia was reduced so that a final pH-value of 6.5 was obtained. Asolution of 11.4 parts by weight of disodium phosphate and 7.2 parts byweight of monoadded. The dyestuif obtained by filtration and drying hadin form of the free acid of the formula 0.11 and gave when applied tocelulose fibers from a long bath at 50-60 C. a reddish yellow shade thathad very good f-astness to wet processing.

Example 22 42.2 parts by weight of the aminoazo compound, prepared bycoupling diazotized 2-aminonaphthalene-6,8-disulfonic acid with3-methyl-1-aminobenzene, were adjusted to pH 8 by means of an aqueoussodium hydroxide solution having a strength of 10% by weight. Then, 21.7parts by weight of 3-(2,2,3',3'-tetnafluorocyclobutyl)- acrylic acidchloride, dissolved in 50 parts by volume of dioxane, were addeddropwise at a temperature in the range of 50 and 50 C. By adding furtheramounts of sodium hydroxide solution, the pH-value was kept at be tween7 and 8. The whole was stirred for about 3 minutes at room temperatureand acidified to pH by means of glacial acetic acid. parts by weight ofsodium chloride were then added for each 100 parts by volume of reactionsolution and the whole was filtered. There was obtained a dyestufi whichin the form of the free acid had the formula When applied to cellulosefibers from an alkaline bath according to the pad-batch up process, thedyestuff gave reddish yellow dyeings having very good fiastness to wetprocessing.

OaS

O NH;

We claim: 1. A water-soluble dyestuff of the formula I CF -(IJF NHO 0-0H=C H JHGH 3. The dyestulf of the formula 1 r A SOsH O NH- S0311 ICF2-CF1 NH-C OOH=OH H-CH;

4. The dyestuff of the formula SOaH S0311 SO3H References Cited by theExaminer UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,700,686 l/ 1955 Dickey et a1 260-1962,714,587 8/1955 =Neier et al. 2J601'62 3,117,962 l/ 1964 Rohland et al.26016 2 3,208,992 9/1965 Bowman et al. 260162 CHARLES B. PARKER, PrimaryExaminer.

FLOYD D. HIGEL, Assistant Examiner.

1. A WATER-SOLUBLE DYESTUFF OF THE FORMULA